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Quins aim to sign off in style at The Stoop
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We need more time to prepare the 2025 Lions
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND I was fortunate enough to go on two tours with the British & Irish Lions and then to be […]
My Life in Rugby with Byron McGuigan: ‘Nothing could top that 38-38 draw with England’
The former Scotland, Glasgow, Exeter and Border Bulldogs winger, who has just brough the curtain down on his playing career at Sale Sharks, talks about […]
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O’Gara’s touch of Old Big ’Ead
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Holders keep on track
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Clark out to do double in Twickenham finale
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O’Connor leads the way
Division 2 Semi-Finals By MO SHER Dorset & W…… 47 E Midlands…… 24 DORSET and Wilts booked their place in the Division Two final with […]
Durham make no mistake
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Essex v Oxfordshire
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26-man squad for S Africa
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Mapletoft gets set for Georgia
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Carter and Kata sign for Tigers
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Miller Mills and Nonleh join Saints
NEWS EXTRA NORTHAMPTON Saints have signed props Elliot Millar Mills and Beltus Nonleh. Millar Mills, 30, impressed during a trial with Saints. Having been made […]
Quartet heading out of Newcastle
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Pirates hunt for £2.5m
NEWS EXTRA CORNISH Pirates owner Dicky Evans is looking to raise £2.5m from crowdfunding to keep the club going for the next two years. Evans, […]
Burns delight as Aitchison blooms
By BEN JAYCOCK Holly Aitchison was nominated for Women’s Six Nations player of the tournament and her former teacher Gill Burns says the England fly-half […]
Vernier voted best in women’s Six Nations
France centre Gabrielle Vernier was named the Women’s Six Nations player of the championship. The 25-year-old received almost half of the fan vote, beating England’s […]
Ireland mustn’t copy this breakdown flaw
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Let’s hope technology passes trial
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Blackheath take lion’s share
THE BEST XV FROM THE 2022-23 SEASON Ben Jaycock canvassed the views of our National Two East reporters to compile The Rugby Paper’s 2022-23 Team […]
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Young Guns: Harlequins & England U20 wing Cassius Cleaves
With effervescent characters like Joe Marler and Danny Care, Harlequins from the outside is seen as a fun environment but academy graduate wing Cassius Cleaves […]
Trio complete an incredible journey
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It’s right that Wasps start again from the bottom
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Toulouse look set to take top spot
JAMES HARRINGTON Tonight, more than 24 hours after both the Premiership and URC celebrated their champions for the 2022/23 campaign, the Top 14 reaches its […]
Fakatava the star as Highlanders steal it
Super Rugby Pacific round-up By BEN JAYCOCK Folau Fakatava kept the Highlanders play-off hopes alive and sent the club’s inspiration leader Aaron Smith out on […]
Llandovery blow away Cardiff to make history
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Sharks gobble up Griffons to reach summit Currie Cup round-up
Natal Sharks moved to the top of the Currie Cup table after beating the Griffons 35-9. Sharks roared back from a 9-7 half-time deficit to […]
Waterman pushing for more opportunities for women in rugby
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Saracen Obinna Nkwocha Signs for Coventry
Second row Obinna Nkwocha will join Coventry Rugby from Premiership finalists Saracens ahead of the 2023/24 season. The 20-year-old Saracens Academy product appeared in the […]
Kerr-Barlow pines for Eddie
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Series 2, Episode 20: Gallagher Premiership Final Preview with Alex Lozowski
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Coventry bolster squad with Kvesic signing
Coventry Rugby have confirmed the signing of highly-experienced former England forward Matt Kvesic. The 31-year-old back-rower joins from Italian side Zebre Parma, where he finished […]
Baron calls for PGA deal to be scrapped
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O’Gara breaks Leinster hearts
La Rochelle retained the Champions Cup by breaking Leinster’s hearts for the second year running in a thrilling final in Dublin. Leo Cullen’s side opened […]
Alun Wyn bows out ahead of RWC axe
By PETER JACKSON Alun Wyn Jones abandoned the last goal of his monumental career amid growing fears of failing to make the final cut for […]
Ealing and Jersey unite in criticism of cup coverage
By LUKE JARMYN Players and coaches from both Ealing and Jersey have criticised the RFU for the lack of coverage of the Championship Cup final. […]
Curry’s determined to do it for the fans
By JON NEWCOMBE Tom Curry hopes to inspire the next generation of Northern rugby fans by taking the Premiership trophy back home to Sale. Curry […]
Counties complain about selection criteria
By LUKE JARMYN Hundreds of players have missed the chance to represent their shire for the 2023 senior men and U20 County Championships after RFU […]
Sarries keen to do it for loyal Jackson
By PAUL REES Saracens are set on giving Jackson Wray a winning send-off as his 14 years at the club come to an end by […]
Reds should have had a shot at the Prem – Allen
By JON NEWCOMBE Double-winning coach Anthony Allen admits he feels for Jersey after his Cambridge side were allowed to go up and the Reds were […]
Clock is ticking as Irish eye takeover
By PAUL REES London Irish have a week to prove they have the funds to keep their place in the Premiership next season – or […]
Work to do but Bill can meet the challenge
DESPITE efforts to improve the league structures, there are clearly problems that have not been resolved. In restructuring the leagues, the RFU did not fully […]
Dream Team with Mike Schmid
Mike Schmid, the former Canada and Rotherham No.8 and coach, and Esher DOR, who is the current director of sport at Rokeby School, chooses the […]
RFU must explain why they allowed Prem ring-fence
IN The Rugby Paper last Sunday, a picture alongside the National One Dream Team shows how much winning promotion means to the Cambridge players. They […]
Eligibility rules have failed the Pacific Islands
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